[Intro: immediate cold tremolo riff, driving drums, no ambient lead-in] [Verse 1: harsh rasped vocals, layered tremolo guitars] The last white ridge falls behind me Pine roots split the frozen earth Water moves beneath the crust I stop to hear its buried voice For so long, the wind was everything A blade against the face Now branches stir above the road And nothing tells me where to kneel [Pre-Chorus: heavier drums, rising guitar tension] Her name still crawls through memory In voices wearing silk I loosen neither hand from steel But let the daylight touch my skin [Chorus: harsh vocals, broad atmospheric guitar melody] Beyond the frozen horizon The road lies bare beneath my feet I carry winter in my blood And shadows older than the snow Let the distant fires burn I will reach them as myself [Verse 2: rolling drums, prowling bass, harsh vocals] A black shape passes through the pines Silent as the space between stars The onyx rests against my palm I am not alone beneath this sky Twin edges catch the thinning light No banners rise above our path Only smoke beyond the valley And the scent of rain on stone [Chorus: harsh vocals, layered guitars, driving drums] Beyond the frozen horizon The road lies bare beneath my feet I carry winter in my blood And shadows older than the snow Let the distant fires burn I will reach them as myself [Instrumental: brief melodic guitar passage, flowing tremolo, restrained keyboards] [Bridge: heavy half-time drums, lower harsh vocals, gradual build] Lolth, I know the shape of your silence How it waits behind a choice How mercy earns the taste of iron How a son is taught to bow My father lives within these hands Whenever I draw steel But the lives beyond this valley Will never be an offering [Final Chorus: full harsh vocals, blastbeats, wider guitar harmonies] Beyond the frozen horizon The road lies bare beneath my feet I carry winter in my blood Its weight can no longer turn me back Let the distant fires burn I will reach them as myself [Outro: low harsh vocals, opening guitar motif, brief ending] Behind me, snow Ahead, the earth I walk until the stars return
